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2019 Deming Prize Winners

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The Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers (JUSE) has announced the 2019 Deming Prize winners. Five companies were awarded the Deming Prize this year: ELGi Equipments Limited (India). Leaders at ELGi share their thoughts on winning the 2019 Deming Prize. Deming journey led to zero warranty claims: Siemens Gamesa.

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New York Label & Box: A Deming-Inspired Company

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Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). Edwards Deming Institute® web site includes several articles exploring organizations that are applying Deming’s ideas. One of those articles looks at the efforts at New York Label & Box. When they started their efforts.

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Looking at Layoffs Through the Deming Lens

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In this guest post Bill Bellows looks at recent layoff announcements from a Deming point of view. Who is responsible for company failures? What happens when companies target "poor performers" and how easy it is to "do the wrong thing right." What is Ford doing differently?

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How To Manage Poor Performance

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At some point in your career as a manager, you’re going to have to manage a poor performing employee. Edwards Deming, the legendary organizational psychologist. Deming had a principle he called the 85/15 rule. As Deming liked to say “A bad system will beat a good person every time.”.

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Why Deming / Why Now / Working to transform “our” system

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Edwards Deming was the NBC Special (termed a “Whitepaper”), “If Japan Can, Why Can’t We?” His questions within resonated with me immediately, as I was a new supervisor for Bell Telephone. Why Deming? Edwards Deming. Guest blog by Dennis Sergent, Principal Consultant, Sergent Results Group. I had to learn more.

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Dr. Deming on Joy of Work, Innovation and Leadership

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Having worked in Quality management role for a long time, I could not have afforded to miss insights from Dr. W. Edwards Deming whose thinking was way ahead of time. Dr. Deming is remembered for transforming Japan into a formidable business competitor through his management and leadership practices, especially Deming’s 14 principles.

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The Most Popular Posts on The W. Edwards Deming Institute® Blog in 2018

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The 20 most popular post on our blog this year (by page views reported by our analytic tool): Myth: If You Can’t Measure It, You Can’t Manage It (2015). The Deming Chain Reaction (2012). Dr. Deming Called for the Elimination of The Annual Performance Appraisal (2012). Deming’s 14 Points for Management (2013).

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